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pick yo cullah.

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2.11.14

Vietnamese is hard. Words said with the wrong accent can be taken the wrong way, quick.

  "Please give her a shoulder massage" just turned into "Please give her dick a massage."

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People are revvving up for Valentine's Day.

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Nails are Valentine's Day ready.

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#thissalonlife #nailart #pearls #valentinesday

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A client outdid me with her Bronco nails. This is war...

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2.2.14

Sorry boss, my love for the Seahawks will cause an unrest in the salon. I must have today off.

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1.28.14

I just had a realization: I've started saying things with a Vietnamese accent. 

"Please pass me the Cheetos" is now "gip me duh chee-doh."

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1.24.14

A boy (16 years old) comes in and stares at the ladies, professing that he loves the smell. Does a clean sweep, realizes that he's not in Coldstone Creamery.

I ask him if he wants a bikini wax.

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1.23.14

(Preface: these girls hate each other.)

In Vietnamese >>

Manicurist 1: "I hate her. All day she barks at me like a dog. Bark bark bark." Manicurist 2: "Bark."

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1.22.14

Pompous older white guy: “You’re new! What’s your name?”

Me: “Julie.”

Pompous older white guy: “No. What’s your real name?”

Me: “Julie.”

Pompous older white guy: “When did you come from Vietnam?”

Me: “I was conceived in and came out of the birth canal in Torrance.”